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metaseqR (version 1.12.2)

get.ucsc.dbl: Download annotation from UCSC servers, according to organism and source

Description

Directly downloads UCSC and RefSeq annotation files from UCSC servers to be used with metaseqR. This functionality is used when the package RMySQL is not available for some reason, e.g. Windows machines. It created an SQLite database where the same queries can be used.

Usage

get.ucsc.dbl(org, type, refdb="ucsc")

Arguments

org
one of metaseqR supported organisms.
type
either "gene" or "exon".
refdb
one of "ucsc" or "refseq" to use the UCSC or RefSeq annotation sources respectively.

Value

  • An SQLite database.

Examples

Run this code
db.file <- get.ucsc.dbl("hg18","gene","ucsc")

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